10th century
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Centuries: | 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
Decades: | 900s 910s 920s 930s 940s 950s 960s 970s 980s 990s |
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.
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Overview
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Events
- The beginning of the Medieval Warm Period
- Viking groups settle in northern France - Norse become Normans
- Foundation of Cluny, first federated monastic order
- Mieszko I, first duke of Poland, baptised a Christian in 966
- Khazar kingdom is attacked and defeated by Kievan Rus (965)
- Collapse of the central lowland Maya civilization. End of Classic Maya period, begin Post-Classic Maya.
- Rise of the Toltecs in Mexico.
- Collapse of Great Moravia
- Buddhist temple construction commences at Pagan, Myanmar
- Laguna Copperplate Inscription, Kavi script, inscribed in Luzon, Philippines, dated Saka year 822 (AD 900).
- The medieval Croatian state becomes a unified kingdom under Tomislav
- Twentieth century Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all nine planets were within the same 90% arc of the solar system on 1 February 949. The next time it is thought this will occur is on 6 May 2492.
- Coastal cities on the Malay Peninsula are the seed for the first recorded Malay kingdoms.
- The Fatimid dynasty arises in eastern Algeria.
- Swedish influence extends to the Black Sea.
- The Christian Nubian kingdom reaches its peak of prosperity and military power. (Early history of Sudan)
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Significant people
- Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, semi-legendaric Toltec ruler, (exact years of his life are unknown).
- Nicephorus II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (lived 912 - 969, reigned 963 - 969).
- Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 912 - 973, reigned 936 - 973).
- King Edmund I of England (lived 921 - 946, reigned 939 - 946).
- John I Tzimisces, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (lived 925 - 976, reigned 969 - 976).
- Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 955 - 983, reigned 973 - 983).
- Theophanu, wife of Otto II, mother and Regent of Otto III, (lived 956 - 991, reigned 983-991).
- Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria (lived 958 - 1014, reigned 976 - 1014).
- Vladimir I, Prince of Kievan Rus (lived 958 - 1015).
- Basil II, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, (lived 958 - 1025, reigned 976 - 1025).
- Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 980 - 1002, reigned 983 - 1002).
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Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Hop (plant) first mentioned in connection with beer brewing
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Decades and years
890s | 890 | 891 | 892 | 893 | 894 | 895 | 896 | 897 | 898 | 899 |
900s | 900 | 901 | 902 | 903 | 904 | 905 | 906 | 907 | 908 | 909 |
910s | 910 | 911 | 912 | 913 | 914 | 915 | 916 | 917 | 918 | 919 |
920s | 920 | 921 | 922 | 923 | 924 | 925 | 926 | 927 | 928 | 929 |
930s | 930 | 931 | 932 | 933 | 934 | 935 | 936 | 937 | 938 | 939 |
940s | 940 | 941 | 942 | 943 | 944 | 945 | 946 | 947 | 948 | 949 |
950s | 950 | 951 | 952 | 953 | 954 | 955 | 956 | 957 | 958 | 959 |
960s | 960 | 961 | 962 | 963 | 964 | 965 | 966 | 967 | 968 | 969 |
970s | 970 | 971 | 972 | 973 | 974 | 975 | 976 | 977 | 978 | 979 |
980s | 980 | 981 | 982 | 983 | 984 | 985 | 986 | 987 | 988 | 989 |
990s | 990 | 991 | 992 | 993 | 994 | 995 | 996 | 997 | 998 | 999 |
1000s | 1000 | 1001 | 1002 | 1003 | 1004 | 1005 | 1006 | 1007 | 1008 | 1009 |